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The posted image is very horizontally compressed giving an initial distorted view.
Clicking on the image until it is full size reveals that the ‘buttes’ are or look like they are composed of sedimentary layers, like they are the remains of what was once an ocean or lake bottom. Their present shapes could have been caused by wind erosion or even by water erosion in the past, even both.
But the most interesting aspect is not the rocks/buttes, but the blue sky - NASA recently and quietly dropped the forced red color which has been in use since the very first images were returned form the surface. NASA is also now showing the Martian surface in true color having removed the red filter used in prior images.
That said, there is an anomalous metallic looking object to the right of the rover’s boom. Unfortunately, the download resolution is only 72dpi so there is no way to get fine detail on the object. There are also some possible interesting objects on the left side of the boom but there is little detail in the image.
Fiddle - it’s a conspiracy. I’ve seen those exact scenes on a drive through NM and AZ. Mars lander, indeed.
I think I see a road runner.
darn! it’s been logged already!
Is that Rust on the Arm ?
I’ve wondered that, too.
To look at them, you’d have to suggest at least the possibility of water erosion - LOTS of water.